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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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